[Birfy]

Written-by: Dev

Fixes #2637

track_tasks compared the Bot name on a subtask and the group name on a card raw, while findBot / findRooms normalize both (trim + lowercase, unquote for a group). On the same state, assignee: "dev", assignee: " DEV " and group: "delivery group" were refused with No single Bot named … / No single group named … although message_bot and every other door resolved them. roomByName now compares normalize(room.name) === normalize(unquote(name)) and memberBot compares normalize(candidate.name) === normalize(name).replace(/^@/, ''); the refusal text and its guard for a name that matches none or two are unchanged, and the write side still stores a name as typed.

Owner: Dev
Reviewer: Reviewer

Checkpoint

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"pr": 2639,
"claim": "Dev",
"issue": 2637,
"summary": "The group board compared a Bot name and a group name raw while findBot and findRooms normalize both, so assignee "dev" and group "delivery group" were refused on a state that resolved them everywhere else. roomByName and memberBot in core/src/host/tasks.js now compare normalized names, importing normalize and unquote from text.js. The refusals for a name that matches none or two are unchanged, and the write side still stores a name as typed. A new test drives the real track_tasks tool through exact, lowercase and padded Bot names and a lowercase quoted group name.",
"files": [
"changelog.d/2637.fixed.md",
"core/src/host/tasks.js",
"core/test/track-tasks-name-normalize.test.js",
"docs/subsystems/core-host.md",
"patches/ds-bot/files/src/host/tasks.js",
"patches/ds-bot/files/test/track-tasks-name-normalize.test.js"
],
"checks": {
"ran": "cd core && TZ=UTC node --import ./test/harness-resolve.mjs --test test/track-tasks-name-normalize.test.js",
"result": "green",
"at": "7343c56394c01e1ad7ce9349db2970c6e709cf2a"
},
"next": "none — ready for review"
}

Red first: with the two comparisons reverted, core/test/track-tasks-name-normalize.test.js fails with exactly No single Bot named "dev" in this group and No single group named "delivery group" that you are in; with the fix the same name resolves through the real tool. The two guard cases (a name not in the room, a name matching two Bots) pass before and after.

Ran:

• cd core && TZ=UTC node --import ./test/harness-resolve.mjs --test test/track-tasks-name-normalize.test.js — green (4/4), and red on the reverted comparisons (2 fail with the refusals above).
• 13 related task/board suites (tasks, task-queue, task-queue-lease, task-drive, task-handoff-route, task-contract, task-route, bot-tasks, install, claim-cue, board-card, rounds, track-tasks-batch-refusal) — green, 191/191.
• 14 further board/task suites (task-audit, task-brief, task-counters-updated-at, task-update-partial-write, inbox-task-status, project-board, project-board-entry, project-board-readonly, project-board-view, no-delivery-board, retired-bot-paths, board-card, plus the new test) — green, 146/146.
• node scripts/ds-bot-patches.mjs check — ok 10 patches apply cleanly in order, ok core/ equals ds-bot/ + patches/ds-bot/.
• node core/scripts/build-client.mjs --check — green.
• node .github/scripts/changelog.mjs check — green (6 fragments well formed).
• npm run lint — oxlint 0 errors (86 pre-existing warnings).

Not run:

• Full npm run verify (out of scope for this brief). A full npm test attempt was killed after ~25 minutes: unrelated files (harness.test.js, install-doctor.test.js, looks.test.js) sat idle in this box; no task/board suite was among the stuck ones.
• node scripts/ds-bot-patches.mjs generate — it asks git for the diff and this machine has no git. Both touched core paths are FlyBot-added files, so patches/ds-bot/ was updated by mirroring them byte-for-byte into files/ (no topics.json entry needed); check is green.
• arch-docs — npm run lint ends in arch-docs: FAIL — cannot diff against origin/main because there is no git here. docs/subsystems/core-host.md is updated in this PR for the owned core/src/host/ path, so CI's arch-docs is satisfied.

[Birfy]

Written-by: Dev

The checkpoint block was added to the pull request body after the first enqueue-guard run, so that run still read a body without one. The tip (7343c56394c01e1ad7ce9349db2970c6e709cf2a) and the changed files are unchanged; this comment asks the guard to re-read the body. The remaining refusal, no Verifier report names the tip, is the review step still to come.

[Birfy]

Verdict: PASS at 7343c56
Written-by: Reviewer
Attestation: 7343c56 role=Reviewer

Ran at this tip:

$ cd core && TZ=UTC DSH_HARNESS=/data/dsh/bot/workspace/d2607/repo/core/dev/harness node --import ./test/harness-resolve.mjs --test test/track-tasks-name-normalize.test.js
# tests 4  # pass 4  # fail 0
$ cp <base ff7b384d0c83526f9053691d5b82f7b593dd5e9b>/core/src/host/tasks.js core/src/host/tasks.js   # two comparisons reverted, new test kept
$ cd core && TZ=UTC DSH_HARNESS=/data/dsh/bot/workspace/d2607/repo/core/dev/harness node --import ./test/harness-resolve.mjs --test test/track-tasks-name-normalize.test.js
# tests 4  # pass 2  # fail 2
$ cp <tip>/core/src/host/tasks.js core/src/host/tasks.js   # restore tip file
$ cd core && TZ=UTC DSH_HARNESS=/data/dsh/bot/workspace/d2607/repo/core/dev/harness node --import ./test/harness-resolve.mjs --test test/tasks.test.js test/task-queue.test.js test/task-queue-lease.test.js test/task-drive.test.js test/task-handoff-route.test.js test/task-contract.test.js test/task-route.test.js test/bot-tasks.test.js test/track-tasks-batch-refusal.test.js test/track-tasks-name-normalize.test.js
# tests 126  # pass 126  # fail 0

Red first (hard requirement): with core/src/host/tasks.js at the base blob and the new test kept, 2 of 4 fail with exactly the two refusals this PR removes —
actual: 'No single Bot named "dev" in this group'
error: 'No single group named "delivery group" that you are in'
Restoring the tip file returns 4/4 green. The two refusal cases (name not in the room, name matching two Bots) pass both before and after.

1. Normalisation is the existing one, not a third rule. roomByName is normalize(unquote(name)) against normalize(room.name) (tasks.js:765-768); memberBot is normalize(String(name).trim()).replace(/^@/, '') against normalize(candidate.name) (tasks.js:811-816). Both normalize and unquote are imported from core/src/host/text.js (line 24): normalize = trim+lowercase (text.js:23), unquote = trim and strip surrounding quotes (text.js:25). That is the same pair findBot (normalize(ref).replace(/^@/, '')) and findRooms (normalize(unquote(ref))) use at core/src/host/store.js:1109-1119.

2. The refusal still echoes what the user typed. memberBot keeps given = String(name).trim() and reports ${given.slice(0, 80)}, so assignee: " DEV " refuses with No single Bot named "DEV" in this group, not "dev"; the base file reported the trimmed "DEV" too, so this is unchanged. roomByName reports ${name.slice(0, 80)} (the trimmed group string, case and quotes as typed) — unchanged.

3. No behaviour widened. Two Bots named Dev and DEV still refuse (No single Bot named "dev" in this group — 2 matches), a Bot outside the room still refuses, and resolveRoom keeps its empty-group fallback at tasks.js:773 (String(group).trim() === '' → fallback). The filter still requires room.members.includes(botId), so a name in another room cannot match.

4. The write side did not move. core/src/host/roster.js is not in the diff; createBot checks rt.findBot(cleanName) (roster.js:72) and updateBot checks rt.findBot(next) (roster.js:193), both case-insensitive, so one name has one object and the relaxed comparison cannot create a new ambiguity.

5. Scope and mirrors. The 6 changed files are exactly the declared set: core/src/host/tasks.js (+7/−5), new core/test/track-tasks-name-normalize.test.js (+127), docs/subsystems/core-host.md (1 line), changelog.d/2637.fixed.md, and the two patches/ds-bot/files/ mirrors. sha256sum is identical for each core/mirror pair (f8b1af25… for tasks.js, 7904f58… for the test), so the mirror carries nothing extra. changelog.d/2637.fixed.md describes the behaviour fix. The new test asserts resolved ids and the refusal text; it has no === name-style assertion that pins the old raw comparison.

6. Tip checks. All check-runs at 7343c56 are success/skipped except enqueue-guard, which failed only with do not enqueue #2639: no Verifier report names the tip 7343c56394c0 — the pre-PASS state this comment resolves. merge-gate, tests-ok, policy-sign, four plugin suites and Node 24 are green.

Checkpoint is compliant: 1176 chars (< 1500), summary 570 (< 600), 6 files all in this diff, at = the full tip, next 23 chars; body carries Owner: Dev / Reviewer: Reviewer and the agent-pr label is on the PR.